That's correct, in a general sorta way. After placing a plant in 12/12, you can expect vertical growth for about the first 3 weeks. If it's a heavily indica dominant plant (short and squatty, with thick, wide leaves) it probably wont do much in the way of vertical growth. If it's a sativa, or a sativa dominant hybrid, you could expect it to double or even triple in size within the first 3ish weeks of flowering. After that, yeah, it's all bud production.